The Sparrow Feeder
In the heart of Washington Square Park, amid the constant movement of students, tourists, and cameras, there is a familiar figure who arrives each day with bread in hand. He feeds the sparrows who flutter close, taking pieces gently from his fingers, a magnificent sight not seen anywhere else.
This portrait series captures not just a man, but a ritual, a quiet thread woven into the fabric of New York. Overlooked by many, yet essential to the city’s rhythm, Ronnie embodies the wit, resilience, and quiet poetry that make New York what it is. The Sparrow Feeder is a reminder that the soul of the city lives in its people, in the everyday presences who give it life.
The Price of Paradise
Beyond the saturated blue of the Pacific and the manicured edges of luxury resorts lies a landscape of erasure. While the global elite buy into the dream of an island escape, the people who have called this land home for generations are being priced out of their own heritage. This series is an observation of the friction between two worlds: the visible opulence of a vacation destination and the invisible crisis of homelessness fueled by land displacement and mainland "one-way" policies. It is a portrait of Hawaii as it is, not as it is sold.